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Headword: *)aero/ph
Adler number: alpha,564
Translated headword: Aerope
Vetting Status: high
Translation:

Proper name.

Greek Original:

*)aero/ph: o)/noma ku/rion.

Notes:

That of two women in Greek mythology:
(i) A. the wife of Atreus, mother of Agamemnon and Menelaus [see further, OCD(4) s.v.];
(ii) A. the daughter of Cepheus, who was impregnated by Ares, and gave birth to Aeropus.
The name is also the title of plays by Agathon and Carcinus.

Reference:

M.L. West, The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women (Oxford 1985) index

Keywords: definition; gender and sexuality; mythology; tragedy; women
Translated by: Frederick Williams on 28 October 1999@05:45:41.
Vetted by:

Catharine Roth (cosmetics) on 1 May 2002@19:02:35.
David Whitehead (expanded note; more keywords; cosmetics) on 1 August 2011@09:17:45.
David Whitehead (updated a ref) on 30 July 2014@03:27:12.

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